Last week was a mixture of emotions; joy, because our Lord had risen and sadness because it was Rev. Caroline’s last service with us, both life changing events for different people … More Change in inevitable…
This is probably the hardest song I have taught the Children’s Choir during Sunday School singing practice, for three reasons … More Jesus is Alive! (Mark and Helen Johnson)
I learned this contemporary setting of the Ave Maria in the autumn of 2016, ready for a tour to Belgium with the Manchester Chorale. We were due to sing it during a mass at a large church in Beveren, near to Antwerp. Written in Latin by a young Norwegian composer, the text is … More Second Eve – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 11 April 2018. You can listen again here … More The Son’s Portrait
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 4 April. You can listen again here … More The Road to Emmaus
Easter Day 2018 was Rev Caroline’s last with us, and her sermon will follow shortly … More Easter Day 2018
This sermon was given by Rev Caroline on Wednesday 21 March 2018. You can listen again here … More Choosing God, in the face of oppression
When I was a child, I had piano lessons. I longed to be able to play Chopin and Mozart as beautifully as my grandmother could and was disappointed to find that there was an awful lot of practice of the basics, such as scales, before what I was doing would become a thing of beauty … More Relationship
The “Gloria”, or Greater Doxology is sung in churches every Sunday all over the world, unless of course it is either Lent or Advent. As you probably know, this hymn begins with the words that the angels sang to announce the birth of Christ to shepherds in Luke 2:14 … More Gloria
Rev Caroline gave this sermon on Wednesday 7 March. You can listen again here … More Dismiss Preconceptions
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 